Blogging Christopher Pike novels - because that's what I continue to do.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Christopher Pike Fan Club

So, I would imagine that Christopher Pike is enjoying the income generated by his newly renewed fame. On da flip side, he's been a hella private guy over the years. In order to accommodate his millions of new fans/old fans who totally forgot about him for a decade or two, there's a fantastic fan club site.

Click & see many excellent Mr. Pike facts, including a bio provided by answers.com, & a Q&A with many great details, such as:

* he didn't write Seedling, the advertised sequel to The Cold One because he didn't have time. I like to think that I went back in time & changed the future by maybe beating him with a pipe wrench until he agreed to, like, not inflict that shit on paying customers.

* he wishes he could re-write The Grave, which I've been thankfully able to block from my cognitive memory. I had to re-read the post on that one for a refresher. It was delightful. Hence why my grade 8 yearbook blurb as chosen by my peers says that my hobby is laughing at my own jokes.

* there's a LINKS section, which I am dying to get into... maybe if I bought a proper domain? Or would he take a hit out on my ass?

Also, this exists:

For those of you who are like me & are "too busy" to click on videos, there's a teen girl getting ready for bed in the bathroom. Her zany underweared sleepwalking brother comes in with a knife. Other stuff happens for about 30 seconds. She goes to her room & reads the end of Remember Me & says, "Remember Me? Forget you!" and tosses the book aside. An actor playing Christopher Pike comes in and menaces her, then throws her out the window saying, "It's Christopher Pike, bitch!" and she's, like, dead on the pavement. So, that's a pretty bizarre ode to this guy.

It's odd how we now know (for sure) that Christopher Pike was his pen name and that he's actually someone else. Yet the site kind of acts like Christopher Pike is a real guy, even the fact that it's a penname wasn't mentioned in the bio lol.

Yeah, so I totally just subscribed to the RSS feed of that fansite. I want to know when the remakes are coming out so I can compare them to the older ones! I love it when books try to update cultural references for A New Generation.

I CANNOT WAIT to explore your Blog. I have NEVER FORGOTTEN Pike and am so glad old works are being republished and he is writing again. Can we get a call for SEEDLING! Been waiting for over a decade for this....OBSESSION. Just found a PIC of him online too!

You used to write such funny recaps. It's a pity that you don't seem to be around anymore. Pike has been really active these last couple of years - he even set up a Facebook page and is actually planning to get his site going! Looks like someone has to sell Witch World LOL. Anyway, I hope you'll be back for more Pike fun one day ;).